Presentar el deslumbrante poema épico Omeros, del ‘ek Walcot, en la extraoranara version del posta tis Piva. S avatares que el aura legendaria de Homero y su obra 0 largo dela historia de ls leas inglesas,acaso los dos oan ol Utes de Joyee y el Omeras de Walcott 3 (cOmeross os el somare de Homero son la antigua ss, invocado por une muchacha gflega, Anigona,exiiads Istoria comianza con la rvaidad por et amor de una y quienes es sino pescadores, pero al rosto de Helena es te los doses, econsagran toda ia bolaza de una raz. 2 parole deja por Hector, yun ola en que el pueblo se ‘festa el amante desdonad zarpa do Santa Lucia y en ‘oy un vials a través de sgios, es dovuelto@ a tora de 1 la costa occidental de Africa. ¥ mientras Aqules va 3io personae cave de la obra, Donnis Plunket, bianco, [eterno marginal en un pueblo que ama, tamoisn cumple fe: a8 suoumbit al eneanto de Helena fen oto tempo I Se la muchacha), <0 corer, por amar a ola, en un tora dol ugar. asl como en sus bata. srenciz de brujo, de Homero, el propio Walcot, ha nacido Boston, ha valedo por el mundo y vuelve para vistar @ Su ambién 61 es arastrado por las carrion ‘que unea y separan alae personales del poems, y scinado por Helena on tanta facildad como una buena novela (més. yo. que a Henry James), pero por el colorido yl vigor de {resonancia musleal do onguale parece.algo mucho ‘2ncerto grosso con maravilosos Formal, deshumbrante ria Tegar a eer la mera prosas (Frank Wison). fi vadeonalista nun vanguardista. Nguno de fos $Slnve para define, Puede ser naturalisa, expesionst, Aafste, hermetic, confeslonel ~e nombre que se quera fnfe que ha absorbido todos los estos que el norte pooa » Sostene por su propo pe, y en gran forma. Es el mejor Inglesas Joseph Brodsky) Sotavo Paz, hacen que st Nobel se merezca a tos Tos es su obra macsra, por la que se le consider® uno de oetas del iciome inglés (Gullermo Cabrera infant) ode Compet con Walcott en humor, en profundidad, en 6n verbal, on hablidad para expresar los pensamiontos Jy obliger sl lector a segut las velooes mutacionee de en aus mentee La fasohnante historia de Omeros te ‘espa, itando al pensamiento humane y a a, y de fenfe, haes quo noe demos evoenta de que la Nistorla %ps nuostras (The New York Tines Book Fovow), J ai DEREK WALCOTT Omeros EDICION BIUNGUE VERSION DE JOSE LUIS RIVAS. ANAGRAMA, Panorama de narrativesein antigua soleniabrianica de Santa Luci Sina iia lag Pequenas Antilas. Hilo ge un pi {or bréneo que mario cuando él canbe un ao ‘Se edad y not do esciavos, @ gala mozcla de futures hay que anes que cu familia tora pro {Setanlo en'una comunidad donde predamnaba el ‘atolclomo. studs an el Univesity Colloge. ot {he West Indes, Exel fundasr de Ttindad Ths {or Workshop, y suor de numerosts obras ote ‘to'y Ibrox de poctla. Eno sus thulos agus: ‘os al eastelang figura’ isin, El testament de frkansas, La vor dl erepscuo, La abunaancie. En cuanto a. Omeros, esta considoada como eu ‘obra macstta y Tue. gsladonada con el premio WA."mith: en 908 le tua conceal. Pre mio Not.Derek Walcott Omeros Versin de José Luis Rivas m EDITORIAL ANAGRAMAial dei en rina Birra Rite Yor 00 . Dist de colin: It ese ‘Maden de Derek Walett Primera eo: junio 1996 ‘Sip dc mar 2002 © Derek Waco, 1950 © EDITORIAL ANAGRAMA, SA, 1994 Feloaclu ew se In 94.39.0893 Depa spe B385.2002 Prine in Spin Liberpler SIL Cont, 19, 08014 Baron OMEROSFerny hips in is a Amis computer ebro ene ni, ‘crny toes Rote beara Rose ergs Sea yao SonnBOOK ONE Chapter 1 f i . “This show, oe sunrise, we cat down them canoes. Pilot ares forthe tourist hot ang ‘sol with theicamera: "Once wind rng enews ‘othe laule-cannels, ter eaves star shaking {he minute the ae of sul bthe ces, ‘cae they eau ee te aes in or own cys. ‘Wind lit th fems. They sound ike theses that feed us Fishermen al rife and the ems noaed "Yes, Theres hae to So, nt jam in oa ck, ‘aus th heights was cold and aur breath making feathers ike the ms herum. Whe seame bac. it ve sie spin orn ne marr [ft pth axe and pay for strength in my bands to mond the fet cear Dew ws filing my ye, tt fre one mace white nam. Then we advance.” For ome ea silver under seamen, Te shows them sear made by arse anchor, rong one roser-leg up with the ing mean of conch thas puckered ike the corals seach. He doer no expan ts ce rave some things’he ses worh more than a dla.” He has lef ict garaous waterfall to pour eu his secret dowa La Sore, sace "hota nel lor the pround- doves mating call to pas on it not to he ue, tat mounting ‘rw ative Brooks carying tf he = {hr ne pools wher cleat mismo soot snd an ene stalls the eed with one raed ery fstab and abe the mad wit ne fing 00, ‘Then lence swt al By dragon es sign ther names along the clear booms, ‘when the suns igen tev memory {nd waves of huge fms ar poding ote See's sound LIBRO PRIMERO Capitulo 1 “Asie come, vas alborad,corsmos ages canors” otes soni pra los fuss que intentan robarle ala con las cimaras “Laego que el vento de so 10s lurercants, sos comienzan a agiase xl momento en gue el Each del sa pps or cadog ‘rgue sean las haces en nureee peoples Sos Sicado evento los beebos. Suesan como In mar que ot mantene 2a pescadores toda a vidal belo eabcea: ‘Benen que moos arboies* As Tos patos ensjados I chase, orgs all aria hacia fio nursuo alento pechaba Eo a bi manos fon Cun te evant el hacks y pid fara 2 mis manor par hese alprinero de lot feos El socio suse tir oj or wos moneds més de pata bajo un almendro de mar, Terentia luego una ccs beck con on acl serrated, ‘ellindose ef panalon con cl lasso cresete 4 una wompa de caacol. Se ba sbasado como a ola {un etzo de mar. No expla imo sla eu ‘Free ‘algunas conse “sorte que valen mis do un 6.” 1s dja qu sn un habaninn csc a gue se «rade fu sereto La Sore abj, na ver derbados fo altos Trl, pare que el srl de paloma de Sera pas su canto @ ames moms tte ‘Se pares stoyoscuyas ans, a eval a mar, 5 Cvieten cn remanaos conor donde bullen feos rams Yuna garcia pees al acecho en lot joe eon ondadogsito Iles puta ve fea una ver or ver elena ‘Yel slenco es aserado.en os por une ible ‘mienrasanguilastazan su fa por la clara area del fondo, ‘Shunde strom apiea la memoria del Yoleadas de blesos pgaates se meen con tbo dels me. uAlthough smoke forges theca frm which it ends ‘ad nets unr the oles were the lauets were Kile ‘iguana hess the sno, loving cach ene eri ot name, when te anced masa “Sloaala," "Where th gen is found” But, aking its own ime, the guna wil scale {he gzng of vines in a year, ts dew fanned, iselbows skint, is deiterate tal ‘moving with the land. The st pode of ts eyes ipned ina pause hat lasted or entries, ‘rvese wil he Arse smoke ila new race {nko othe ian! tod messing the te ‘These wer thee pits hat leaving blue space {erasingl Goo where he ld god soe befor ‘The god wast gommice. The generator began with whine, and ash, with idee, Seat the chips ying ke mackerel ver water fmt embling weeds, Now they ot off the a silltot nd hk texans be wound fad made They sped off te gangrenoes moss, hen the wound clear oe net often har sal bound ‘otis earth, and nied. The genertr whipped back tot or, td he chip ew mach ater a ‘he shasta ped evenly They covered ter yes ‘rome pliering net Now, over te pases fof banana he nan ies tr home Sunrise ‘cle down is valley, blood spased on he cedars, ute grove ooded with he ight of sacrifice. ‘Romer was acing Is lesres an enormous tarpaulin wih the dgeple gone The eesking Sound ‘nade te fishermen leap back ste angling mast [ean slowiy toward the wows of em ten the ground ‘Sudeed undo the etn aves, then the wns sed 1 Achill looked up the ble the uel hd ef. He saw th ole ently healing with he foam tf elo kes benker. Then kes the wi 2 ‘Aunque el humo olvide ate ues de donde scents, ‘inaue orgas defiendn los boyos donde fron maados los aweles, ‘sr iguana oVe las bacas 9 sus os se ban por m nome ya perdi, cuando Ia encod ela er lamas Floualao", "Donde se encuets a ‘Pr i igean, com toda eas al cabo de un ao a de escalar la jain de eredaera, com Ia pupae ‘hina en abanin lor codoren fran I ol eos ‘eouindone cool a Lae bolts bende de sus os rmaduraon durante une pas gue dur silos que te levath cn el hum de ot srahachs hasta que wna nueva ras, Dorel Iga ignores, se gud miiendo als rele, ses furrop los piares que cayeron, dejando un esaio azul para on Dios taco en donde una ver evar ie aiquos dics, Erpimer dos fu ua gonmizr Et pnerador se ano ‘n marchs con un gemido, yun uburén, con a ainda al see, ‘iho voar aula coma mata soe la aguas Ica emus ita: Laego pararon ln seta, ate cbemte y vibrant, para examinar I bea ‘ratendaRasparon el ganerenono mug YTarancaron le beida eared de entaderas que la elaaba odavi eta Gera, stintendo conf eater, Volvo de repent 1 gneador a 5a tue, Tas ls vlan mds voces ‘uanto spare motdan ls diets dl burda, Se protein los aos el staid en arias de ido, Enon, sobre lot patna, Ins Teva savcocrns a alborada com gla gla or Sa vale, a sage sais los cedar ts aol einand de ax de sxc {in gemier era Su fale iment Iona som ol madero 1 unto de cere retin io que ls pscadores. iran un sak ars mientras ol mst en co s ntnaba poco «poco Sala el inermatio de gran lenas de hleshon a ts trod, bajo Tos pes e lade gue paso eps 0 Ailes ae a vista hacia! hyo qu el rel abi dja. ‘Viva hoor sande ex sac cont eptma de ou mabe ‘como ola qv Tompe: Después io sla pandas 3rossng the cloud sua sal hing fr from ts home, onfused by the wave of bel then vine gripped Fide He tugged fee Around him, shige ere shaping rom the saw. With his cats ‘Asvift sin ofthe cos is thumb touching hi While the eight ang wit ner. He swayed back be bade, ‘ht hacked the limbs fromthe dead god, knot afer kot, ‘Brenching he severed vis fom te wane he prayed "Trel You esa bes canoe! oelas You cant! “he beaded elders nde the decimation of tiie witow uterng sale ha angage thy hue soe nation ‘he spech aught heir saplings: fom te towering babble > ti cedar o geen vowel f bot compéche ‘The bots forbs its tongue wih helurer camel, the red-skined log wood endured the tha in its es, tle the Arse pois cracked in ihe rel ‘of resinous bonfire th ured the lesves Hown ‘with caring tongues, then ash and bee anguage wast Tike Barbarians Suding column they have bought sown, theishrmen shouted. The gods were down a at Like pypmies hey hacked the unk of wrinkled giants focpudes and oa. They were woking wit the sane een as ana of fire ane Bat vac yh sak fr dein fe, blow darts of mosquitoes Lep nein Achille rank He boted white ram on both feast a est, thos ht he Natened to aserisks would i drunk, ‘They went fr his eye Tey led hom with aticks ‘hate im weep Binds: Then the hoa rerested tohigh bamboo like the archers of Anus Zing mth ma of king og, routed Byte fies banner and th emorees sne tacking th branches, The men bound the bi log fist ‘wit nw emp and keane, onde temo tf ‘oplunge tough al nele The lps gated that hist for he sea which thei own vied bodies were bom with Now the tron in fo become canoes loghod ino beaters of bushes, ming rv holes 1“ ‘rrando el oleae ins nubs; parva cratur, jos del wera, ‘Shufndds por las las de szuler moner Une spinon cortadera ‘op6 Ales del talon. Sela quté a trons A's ahedeson ‘as creas suri dela sea, Hizo con su macbete ns rapa seal en ru, Hevindoe ef pga toe bin ‘nis el monte fsonae con hace Mec hacia sr It boa 1 wid, audo por nado, os miembros det dos mie, lrancanco df tron lar vena cia ents rab ‘bal puss ser ana cana! 0 pues no sto™ os ncaor de neg trig sport Ie mats do's iu sn penngar na sabe {ese Ienguaje que bla lado como uns main, Jenga que eastaro a sus aol: deed !alksimo tlbosco {i cad Banta lr vere sonore! hoiscampache, Yet is se ordi a lagu Soma coe leer canna team de roa pil Sopot en I carne les epins ‘plenum el atu arabuace Sep en in fapmein runs hopiearesinoa qo vais mena at bos on enrscadas lengns, despues cenza,y a perdi ave lene. {Come barsaree que mavan den iano las clumas gue deta, fet pesados grab. Poe fs los does aban cise Hacaron como pigmeot los oncor de ross gates ars tr remot y cae. Tbajaben con le osme oneetracn de un eeteo ce hormigs Ge Trg, er ls mosquitos, esupitos dards,» diguo mel fu que vejaba au Dorue, aan el woaco de Agus, ‘Es tas eon ron blanco Ins atcrizo para ue d mesos 30s ue apasra como astericos mareran bien borachos. ‘Yes mosquitos se lazaton contra ss jo, cerindsor con saguer ue en Mano fo enepnetron. Logo se feo wom os alos babies, como los arueos de os arahuscos falta hukn de lor moutttan de mace erepiant ‘eocidos pore standart de fuego Y el ack eel ve cone las ramas. Lot hombres amarraron Ios gran troncos fon eatlamo verde ep, camo hormiga rodaron haat rico pur doe se duspeaaran en talldar ores. Lor tence scopaha (8 se de mar con que sis cuerpo de espaldera aceon. {eg anand converse ea cans, Tos trons rotarro8 Tos rotmpientes de reas, abpenco descarmades bogus,of bouldes, feng ot death inside them, bt se— {oreo he ea, obs hulls Then, 0 he Beach, oa ‘hore stn tet hollows that wee chipped wi an dae, ' ‘A fab wack had cared thei rope-bound bog!” ‘Tae charcoals, smouldering, cored te ogous dye {leat widened the Wood cooup for ibbed ganas. ‘Under his tapping chisel Achille felt ther hollows. exaling ip one the sea, lunging towards te hare St Bt ltd sets, he eae of het pred bows. Trencvning Te ioges couch on te an isin theres The pest ‘ted ham wi beth de sop, ‘Whe he sled at Acie’ canoe, In God We Trout, [Abie sid "Lenve tle Go spelling and ine.” ; ‘Aer Ss oe sunrise the canoe entered the hs ofthe suplce sallows and tei noding prows Send wih the waves to forges eves tees ‘he would serve Hester ad nother, Aces um Acti peed in the dark, the bolted the bal door shut {tat sed fom seabast He hoisted th ips swath ete fone hand athe hole unde the hot bo hid the cinderblock step. Ase neared the depot, ‘he dw breeze sae hi coming up he prey seek ast slecptght houses, under Sodum bas of eet lamps, ote dy asp seraped bys fee; fe conned th smal bat perso part sas ‘nana rons no oe unlatng «of roosters, ter res crecching lke red chalk roving hls ga bose Like ar eacher, wang, the sur kept chafing ais dle wai ‘By the ime they met atthe wal of the cnet shed ‘the moming sa ad stepped tack, hating te odour of met and isp; the hgh was hard overhead and thee was a oriznn. He pute et by the door ‘othe dept then wad it hands int asin ‘The suri otras ts vole, even he ribbed Hounds 6 : 6 pins, sinendo denuo des, no fa nue io e so: fecha a ma, Ser easos go, sobre a ply, fon poets tame en rs canals rebaadon a ales de aca {Up camion de nstforms habia tansporado sus cuerposentogos ‘Apu de ins dss, losreszoldosryeron ol cnt de las cons el calor sla tnders hat convert en come de bors, Aauiles, bajo u golpetcante frmén, seta que los hues ‘ateaban por ainzar ia mar, lnanado los pooner de ut proas hedas Ila brama dels ites estmpados de pars ‘ego todo easamb6, Las pigs ve acurucaron en arent ome perros ean ramias eae los dears EL sicedote {Stradi con ena expan Tuego hizo la seta de golondeina Cuando sono ane a canon de Aguile, In God We Trout! ‘Ste jor "Dei Fi orig de Dio y también tia” Une siborads despts dela mis, las canes cars en ls abenurs| els bajo stavindos com sabrepali, as cabeceantes poas Sordaron con la las olvidar gue unt vee futon drboles {nana enura al servicio de Hector, I ota al de Aques. Mm Agiles mod 2 oxcaras, ago puso Ilda ala media pues. ‘Bdnbn emotes po el soplo ce ln mat. Con tl ange (sn mano hl cesta pare pescado; eel el elon de enias| sping de dem gta mode eave ces el iat, {van de Incl fo rc Ge sal montana ele ep de fas vide demas pera sunt, aj las tars de sdio| eos farce, haste ico ato raspado po ss pies: ‘oot ns pequedas centls ares de las esl seas 1s jas Se los pltanos se inctaban bao Ta ondeante en de los gallos, los wits cain como tna ria ‘Giujand aos en una pimnra, Como su mans en ees, ‘ole as impuentaa por 50 anda tn paused (Cuando v encontrar ents al mac del eabertan de cance, ‘earls det ala habia dado un paso ti, esquada por el cor rede ¥tpas de pescado ene Gil fa In ea fuerte bi bron, Pas a el ann ri del is; ‘emp seb as anos SFUcSeao nae ie vor,ys'loe peor de case coxiiasard in aoe ee ut ak of aie ‘was passed by the fishermen, who msde sacking soars ‘Shook atthe iter bark fom which itas breve ‘This was the ight that Achille was happiest in. ‘Whe, before ht ands gripe the ple My stood forthe sea-vidh tem er, fling tir da bein, Chapter 1t Hector was there. Theophil lois ight, thy hae ony Cutan nes cde, Pans, (Chiyonom, Malo, Pilocete with hit ead white the oie sur. They shipped the anes of oar, Placed them paral nthe pave of the guns Fite man and wit. They scboped the ea be rom he plans, loosened knot frm the bodies of or-sck sis thie Hector, ate stllows edge gave a quck thanks, Whi se fora fot, before he waded gr ‘The est walked up he san with decal sie except for fear ited Philo. The sore on he sin St uneald, ke araant anemone, Id come fom siping sed anchor. Toe proged ion Dele te sum na hacwash He booth fem, pring it with sits: Soon be would ran, hobing. ote useless shade ofan amon, vt okt then wave them of fom the hae ‘oThis smell and dace more they woul leave hi one under is eoparding light. This unite same pores de energie se dembaon. Los ings ‘et ics Haren emg am cere dads season yt ‘tos agers envacor eu is sais ea ode, qua csp wis y lego descndindo tata mar rice ‘urea, eres de i mpreon forma de lagna que habia ado Se'rnds, deteiéados pare Ingo goer mucw. Poa en arenes lo ulor de os isos esate con su mano vents il que uns Ho ‘Bycllc, Seashols fl cberabs, lage srt se ‘$BXfares otcos aus is enreeron. Benin tans de acinar, oso el monzén,c1ando ee comenaba a toss alguns bots ‘Sire Sbendemecrs area, acoronando a casa tina o> ‘eos de hea uisante, eae ps ego Ik moro basta exit, yen un rato bral de fra fe dinlé de un trance asta piano sin funda y cee apa fem om, evita lo dodo de ell. Mad agua Ca a aja de As from Brin consumo cuidad y a oz tjo el wecopelo (Enbrel piso, puss may ceca deh roxandolo (nw chal y sub despecio por ear, side coa fuera sus ded. No hay peo tonto ade vii ton, ‘ao el Mayor La ventana Terabe a ues, ‘ro oadie acu. {Cande? Er a wg Rei des caer. ‘Tomteria. Un pretsto fic Peo nunca cal ale auc {Em como al pecado sina Laten el Mayor 096 qe sien ford Ta puerta con culdada La oz da Mayor? Major, nos vamos, ef. Hl gato eo dso st vil {et czcaro sot Elo fevant6 con cuisado $s oso coca des veniana prague oeervara el mundo ‘emo ey noo baci, Lieg, con el corzénaaphiado, ‘Sb ys edicé por la posts durmicnd, Fete ela pune dormia {nwt code sobre Tos eos Deseche por el dan se ses sobre ie cama, y luego ambos lraron 5 Inalente ova de aguelor que ae han tado de vers Tia pare ton lea come la eto pra Toa) exc © Cuando ceraron Ia vas, ellos rcoeon It radiante ela ‘Sia Land Rover ova, en lo alto de morro pobador con cos inches de smpreivis resents ¥ ots vss cone por deeb, ®the dee pron crescents held fica villages thas overcentre, oof thei shacks wh tins, ‘rec aque sone circ, unl by sage te shacks would cee down he ridges tecome towns ‘That was how History sa hem, He aide he couse ‘hci offered the broken ons, the leansivers At ged wlan Gn wich xe rime san fe erect eee ‘Theis pat was fas postcard ond theft, {vighter and later peter, printed he schemes ‘of caters wih er poveny guranteed or Inthe Sayed whisk ofthe vanished slonm he fet hi en sa, rected, wht kena of ning hae Bursunsine broke trough the misty preciices Wid double rainbow ta banned La Sori, ‘hesarcerens moun wih madre ect. and flashing spocites. They ced her Ma Kiran because the village was darkened by tei bei Inher asa gardeuse as, obeah- woman ‘Weed wi a spies knowiedge os ater ife Inber cracked lense, She took Holy Communion ‘it Mand sometimes, bu thre as anak Asean loud tht paused before taking the wales we eat Tee wet Mal ty, ow Tioracnten ome te wats Seeinfen iealeseaige Serato of peaks. A shy, fade ik a sponge, lel corain dels ere que uns ver Babin cazdo en lo monte, Soiosado a propio Inigo ton la pat. Usa ube puso una gra. {ivi asunaco Yl ola lua La ere se eeaballe hci dentro 4a nub con nc cope, ar marion id eso Cera de una barca de vine una enorme danas, Yar movi como a eng bebe deren a su aiguea, land gots sabe Ia nivel cores como uns tne oe Eisen por yn opus de vino ue crn Shaped neve ars donde ora nt reais intigence helped. Aer the Dutch dest ‘nite le facing Marnigus, a great reso ‘vas being prepared. Rode was bling fo. f eat ‘Te shves watched the Redoots running between the tes, a, st, ed onl pad niin sean lato en brea {Sat pas id cw eh orsndo ne suns 4 Omithclogy de Bond, su wanquliad reads fino de un mar artgua”Conssaones en punt de rut ‘Sma che despeeda babi inspado sa complied frame caleba lnmensa, que baba inca aos sri, {ous pucienia crates, basendo gue Ton igor mars canara, {2s pws partidos como pumines en la rama parday ene reso a suario de sea. Cenzonles,piazonesy rejendos,guicaros {Tmariapesdores facones, cheprmiros,chorio, guests, ‘pelanes con pics como a desu tapenie phoma, mares, rales y marinos pats silvestre, eects migators, ass (Se pcos mucvos) ees acute, ares Cypslides Niger. onde des Arie, come lamaben 2 a goondran nega) Volaban dese comarca, ‘bebidas espoonesajorados con equ en gig 0 elt, eu Dorcas en In sa, chrtando ss nombres le plouaban ls dos Se agitas como banderss tefn enasade isl schando primorces lars Mayors eli Tos eos) apart dela tes, verde como un campo de tr en Inds, y vio ls mente de a Fens, ads ambutis de lo ro, las pasa aus, fono‘un sholto nos. La tanat smeralnan into, bsuns cnnonaded. Asta uted its ri, faded and Tell The oor rowsod like centres mesmerized by te Coes matrenome Mae ied an shook the silk from her ap, smoothie kes, ‘Shedd nt lok up. He watch ante eked scsrs made ‘ote papr cua A serach in toa! ‘made him cough, softy. ofthe pendlum swayed pas orate mahogany case: he waste, ut har hatin te uel at by the she ever shifted How often had he admizod He ands ne ada out Ot Lan inte deep foal ivan, diving ia to the deus hoop, as quik ta crow drinking” $a with ts hover ski, eip then vere i ‘Tovight be shader lik the sw thinking, Bl estou not snes bi it. is vison was swimming wit athom-dpths, degrees tubing wih soos onthe ol aul. he pinched his eyesockxs, Cannons Aased from his ye Heldropped the vides, tes of fis an seat | ‘the nat in of engagement was hard find, whimsical canogropber signed the islands i lrenty aad eaves nase ind leben tothe map, rubbing his scalp wi his hands | om once, afer th War, he'd made plans to embak on masochist odyssey though he Emp, towatch ego the dusk eT wok with ng oof bt» pediment, from Singapore {0 the Seychelles in i id Eighth Ary uit, Calculating that he enterprise would xe i pes with moat ofthe joumey being don on fot, befor it was al gone a scuar grim "othe bales of boyhood wee thy were fought, {om the fist musket sot ta vided Concord, i aching ts eco fo some fll ain of Sin ‘Mer which they would sell dowm somewhere, but Mad 16 (eterna et=L= el pro compinte. Una exe apagabe 8 gue, seven Yeas. Las hon we stormenan somo soem siaae por el ceénomo Gl rel Maud Levant saci Ia sda 52, empariando ls rola. No leans i it Gos como is poudas Were resorts ‘ro paten, Un fgato ce i arnt hizo tse quedo. Queda, pendula oscaba utTorado soc de sso; elas cased, lel eabalo de Maud, ent areola proyeside or lt sombra variahs, Cunt voces baba admiado ‘SS mos I penumbra, Ker del anil eI he ‘Zraleseure divin orto, volando capita como sna glondrine a. no del bastidor, ah velo como un cholo qe bebe ss, ‘Sros'evolotn, on desi ons aumblids Iggy uve asceso. socbe se esiemec come is plondin, pens, ula era so mora, no el real de sus bods de pit, ‘Sen se sumerpid' muchas bass de profundad 9 grados {be barbolian con ceor en las angua cra nics plac los parpads. Catonesslanpsguetban dexde ss oe $ulboe compar canado de tab ats Pode Sines exacts da combate ao ea fel de socortan, armvaaneseatgrafos habianalinado las ts (modo tn civeso como un testo aero alas jes suet. 5S cing ant et mapa, oxdndose le cabera con lat manos ‘og vex, as ger, fabia Reco panes park ‘crease en uae odsea masojuta a trav del Inpera para verosuaise en el eas, su "YO" 'una column fro, slo un fonton. desde Siegapur {Sica Seychalis con el vio uniforne del VU ecto, sande que ls embess I tomar algunos a, la mayor pane de yecto compli nie Shits de que todo aba, prepa clr por btalne de tut non8'moton en tend ane s earn, dese el primer fsuzo que dviib Concord, fn ua eza que ronson gun poco ilar de monte Je Sid ‘So seuid, arparian co agin usr, pero Maud mwas an adamant Eve: "I'l eat up your geasion, ‘Bu at was is dayceen, hs paws plarage. ‘Ande woald ave Soe fe ad ad so, ‘tbe was an amc admin old ag’ ‘wih oid en and eat shin weld ke mil, {pny egret she ached inher scare silk. (Chapter XVII It [Now whenever his mind died in ewachment [ie eatatonic noon on he Canbbean Se Plant ected every bile resent, fhe bales amsrological poetry: Se leant lgy sp of he le, he koew he it ‘ofthe chanel hat day and wheather wind caught ‘he Bris oss, an deep deauht sigh would it 1s memory clear. A noon, he clea othe fot {hits mpored Calvary fom i he eae. ‘ofthe manor bid ros. He heard he tinder Inthe camonading caves, and checked te pamphlet, ‘om he museum, dking af evry blunt witha winged V forthe enor in there This flapping shorts he measured every disance ‘with squared revolving sie inthe Khaki = ‘One day a high ado, he fet under observance fom ey old eyes, He spun te binoculars Slowly ad st he za elbows abo, telling its hoa on the hot oon cannon eye it, ‘rage dewsp dilating on sped shad. ‘ie cbed sn crouched nea the nad "Come ols it?” the Major asked. “Ever spear of gras tis round [sours Read the boody pamphlet. Did they mame Teal or you? ‘The lizard spun around {othe inane Caisean, Pont also. “Jounal, wat Where the iguana found” He brought fr thesliteye to red by the low ve soa Bra inlet: “Sei a ruina tu pens ea su enseto, su peeinacen indo. fy boon evado a cabo at haber tego Ua, ler un slmirante de sila ya entra ea la vejez, if chdo galletas, de piel funda como Ta naa frta oe cla bordaa cos sada verde. Capitulo XVIT jes bie, cadaver qu su mente fotaba apare ‘Rp el sation xnmio Set mar Carb, ‘io estaba cada orden ds ljamienta, ada reine, 1 sa mame tis ea aces bos ee fab rome SFr del cash, cio smo sanaon ‘ns vias bias, y un suspiro de mucho clado fb su memoria. A medion, soba al ere ‘Sno sumpiendo wn Calvarto auteimpoess; s,s evan acu dl iboredo, Oe eno its cadoneanes guia, y vena eto Guthsto,conrunsresnd eda emo eer ead ots con uaa ald V ‘eso con sus leteantes toms, media cada distancia the sancads cndraan en comp, sober agu as vex, metal, se sins observa par doe sje muy viejo. Go despucio les binoculars io i iguana, Cons cdos en jars, seampanando 1m nia en el can ardente del mead, os oos hens, I daranjada papa ensanchandowe sobre su sombra fa Suo'y se aeello crea de iguana »Viees a relma”, roan el Mayor. "Cada ois de ierba de ee suelo {Swym Lee e nme flea. [La lametan ieenalo por wr 1a iguana se ai a veta Jaca inane Caribe, Plunket tambien “onnalo, nba {Donde se encenta la iguana” ‘soos al allt ao bende para que Te leyera a a lax 19ofthe hoa’ rious wick shat how is spel" ‘The tongue fered. The Majr stood, shed is Khaki Shs. armed the pale ino i late bel, ‘lounalo, eh? It’s all folk-malarkey)” ¢ thers es og a ony afc 1) ible sotcaoh tot ear Beas leaving Manisigu, and Rody crouching tact Ime righ wind euro, my oy se Fewanorea, my hole! Wa he pect bale in naval history, which pu the French to rout, Fought fora cretre wih poral tal adelbows ike goalie? Forthieaedoubt as ult? And his countrymen died? For a za sith an Aron name? I wl be ewriten ; by bck pamper, Hist wl be revised, nd we'l be its villans, fading from the map thesaid "vine for iain), Ad whois over we'll the bastards Somehow te fling dap ‘ad envage bi, He slammed the door oft Rove, tt, ving down the co! nile of ensarinas ike poplar, was sosied bythe breakwater in a waile he was himself apnin He was himself or ‘ach at was left innumerable puanas ran down the vines ois sh, Hke Helens cold smite 0 He kept up research in Ordnance. The cated wrecks ‘at inthe amour founy the embossed coum ‘ofthe canon’s ron asterisk Georsus Rese «Gorgeous Wrecks, Maud puned In that innocence sith which History fevers lover, bck wall became its charred chapel, and a morarsezed fence of green stones nea the Military Hopital bt his raw knows fr ign whe he are outside ffom apne tne, hie fans ha the adn ‘ofa conven. How many young Redoss had died Tere? How many eaves had caup elo fever From thu lemon des? He Read te ry bande 10 ost os eee, ast como as exit” sso de raj. HI Mayor fe ears limp con rasa mano pat cai y mets 4a rae a, ian de eer, “lounao, ei? Es una fama pic!” fom tos als como ns shorts La Histo ra ton eco ea en eaten, no na nornn De Grae > de la Marina, y Rodney replegindose para maniobrar izle pric. sown mt reg caa eran ager! La tas lnportnte taal naval 1s Historia, gbe puto en fn los ances, rads po uaa crate de cla deschable Mido be poet (Po eo se edie un ecto? 0 murieron sus compro Por un sauio nase arahuac? La Tora sera res uu nero, nists sert weve, pmo’ “visnr” ea ver Ge "lator cuando todo sabe, ‘ros nos cabrones! Por agin motivo in Uamesnte pana bib efuecido, Certé de un porazo el Rover, fen. lentas concn por feo pati de asarnas fn choos, fe wangulzado por el rompeclss. Lasgo de ua, wi de Sere inn oa fromobls igus tara a fe carer deus envedades Lene de Piokets como le sonran elds de sen, gio tnvesiaando sobre el Muncinaminto Los pcios Bens ‘icons foidon on le feria Slammer, in repuacn corona ‘lamer feo dal cao: Geos Reso Gorceus Wied” eno dirs Maud, jgando co ls pubes. Con te inoena fee qu a hits afb sus amen un blanco mar ‘eranorm en su cai ena, una bara de ora verdes pa on mre, oe Hopi Mita, hoor /E'sapced edison Ye a al Tal dette noe endo ot ei lilo de un conver, :Culots joven Redcots aban mueto cis? (aris hn habia contri fete sarin ar ee vista alimonada? Oyo a canana soc 1of the immonate rating te pad. “Forever” ‘eas the Mame ees name, bout any reason, Sine it marcied lie Redcoats preceding the monsoon iow was the flower immoral whea it ould laze ly in drought ig of he rainy ealon, ‘ot gathering thandedeads, each wih is sre hair wigged tke an admis Then he found the entry {Bue lise nk Pinker. One forthe acy ough Phinkr? His vin went ol. From wht se ase? um aati i puto wah gl flo oy seahagon oe shoulder, wih is apple cect shen ‘This was his Scares ond. He had come far enough {oad namesake an a son. Ata ss. ‘Nineteen Midshipmen. em the homed sea at sonise Inte frst rez of aha drowned! Ando one his young eyes and tho ledger. Pray frie Under the enh of th ae il athe wth tft oum with white orchids Bese my uel, Plunket prayed. He would kep th ames from Maud. He though ofthe warm han esting onthe war leu ‘ofthe cannon. Aa the cro for which teas made (Chapter XVII 1 ‘The bate fanned nom, out of sat of the land, of range ah cam by nave storane that Helen was sone cae An iguana seamed the in ofa sea tha seed down to sence ‘nce for one lst wash over te teakvar French let wacked sway up to Guadeloupe ith Rodney heeling them hard, What be ws afer ‘was such dttrcton woul be hat in Europe — ‘ass splinering te wigs an edt the fre ‘in George he Thr’ heath—in which the sun's eld sovereign ‘ould hecefonh be srk nthe name of one Ene ‘onlin the Caribbean ding the cont m sempreviva sosjeando su vlna. “Para seme ‘Sombre del fambovan, sin mode aguto, “que se movia en ren como as Redes precedindo al monzén, a a sr a for somo vv tamed Gen dese adr deh eta Davos tundra Mes de Torment qu ech, cada oa cos plo cacao ooo i ela de un smrante? Lasgo encanto aes, Stat Gown ln pido. Punks. Uno mas pra tragaero de enesie BS can, Phunk? See hlaron ib venas [De ous cncado ca gaat como se devo mir ls pais Sedo un rad, pom stags de mario a hoo yo late ‘Hose mls de sana? Esto ea el ial desu bsquata faba vendo de tan eos pura encontrar un teménino y un Mo ‘ant siz: Decsueve. Guardia tatnn, Desde iar comida, ‘manecer, con In primera bia de aierads, bowtie Y alee sus ojos oven ye bro maestro. Rusga por su descanso fzando una guimalée Bendel inceeuidad, seba Pronket. No iba a conte Maud acca de su omdaimo, ‘Raw en lacs mano descasando sabe a baa caliente Eatin. Yen a corona para la sul fe bron. rere a Capitulo XVII a tauala se ibaa al nore, oes de a vist de I a, ‘allie a retenisn de losses leas equ Helena ors unin cous. Una iguana oeaba latnea de una mar gue se aseatab en sence, fepio un glpe de mar fostero sobre el ompeaas ‘Sons a fot Anocsn bua ene rambo 2 Geadalipe og. J msdn de cro por Roney. Busca sean GG IF cShtewrsceise Semper gus fle coats en Europe: "a ists sstlandse como lenosy amentando Ta fumbre 12 ex et nor e Jorge Terero ~donde el soberano de oro del sl 2B seanara en o venison ct nombre el unico Tp dl caribedanda lst «la costa 13dint teen in Schermer cet Dhue eee acing like mare's nie cach hip a soy canvas ued hod sail am Stet ‘ould tock their matnosharour fom ams and men. “The Major made his ova lock of V's, winged comments fe marin when he four pre: he id in then of mi, knoe entanglements figures ae dates, she wasnt farasy Buta wetted conmatton ike ht spi pretense tha they did not ight fr her face on & burning Sx He had ides how time could be worded, ‘hich the histor’ ask The fcusl fton ‘of texbooks,pampies, brochures, which he had Toaded ina zggur from he brary, had the aon ‘tingly skiing emtion [sash avoids el they flowed one chat